Get to Know Haleigh Washington

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Stories For Kids

4.5 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Haleigh Washington is a two-time Olympian, a gold medalist, a founding athlete of League One Volleyball, and US National Team middle blocker. And in this interview, she sits down with Junior Reporter Chelsea to talk about what it really takes to compete at the highest level. From the mental game of Olympic training to the power pose that gives her an instant confidence boost, Haleigh shares what she's learned about showing up fully — on the court and off it. Play Rebel ⚡ Stay Rebel

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0:40.2	Hi, Rebels.
0:41.7	This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the interview.
0:45.1	I'm your host, Chelsea.
0:47.1	And today, we're talking to pro-bolly ballpark player and two-time Olympian, Haley Washington.
0:53.3	Hi, Haley. Could you please introduce yourself to our listeners?
0:57.5	Yeah, absolutely. First of all, thank you so much for having me. Super stoked to be here.
1:01.6	I am a professional volleyball player. I went to Penn State University. I've been playing pro
1:06.5	volleyball for eight, seven, eight years now. I played my first seven seasons overseas in Italy,
1:14.1	and I was one of the founding athletes for this new American volleyball league here called League One.
1:18.5	I play for Salt Lake City, and I'm also a two-time Olympian. I was in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
1:23.5	and the 2024 Paris Olympics, where we won a golden Tokyo and a silver in Paris. What about training for the Olympics? Yeah. How do you prepare such a huge event? I remember my first training session, the summer of the Olympics in Tokyo. And Jordan Polter and I were talking to each other and we were just like, I'm going to do everything 110%. I'm going to come in early and I'm going to do my rehab. I'm going to eat the best that I can eat. I'm going to make sure that I'm getting my sleep. Like everything becomes dedicated to it because one, you still have to make the team. Like no roster spot is ever guaranteed. So you want to work really, really hard. And so it really becomes dedicated to doing the 1% things properly.
2:02.4	And then on the flip side of the technical is the mental is it's not always the technical team that wins.
2:08.5	Sometimes it's the team that's just the mentally the strongest.
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